The art of living does not consist in preserving
and clinging to a particular mood of happiness,
but in allowing happiness to change its form
without being disappointed by the change;
for happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.
- Charles Langbridge Morgan -
Did you ever see an unhappy horse?
Did you ever see bird that had the blues?
One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy
is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
- Dale Carnegie -
We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t
come as a result of getting something we don’t have,
but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
- Fredrick Koeing -
“‘Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox -
“To accept what you are is to be content,
and contentment is the greatest wealth.
To work with patience is to gather power.”
- Vimalia McClure -
“Many persons have a wrong idea of
what constitutes true happiness.
It is not attained through self-gratification,
but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
- Helen Keller -
“If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.
If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.
If you want happiness for a month — get married.
If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.
- Chinese proverb -
“Happiness is like a cat,
If you try to coax it or call it,
it will avoid you; it will never come.
But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business,
you’ll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.”
- William Bennett -
“What’s the use of worrying?
It never was worth while,
So pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
And smile, smile, smile.
- George Asaf -
